Effectively Treating and Supporting Today’s Veterans

Effectively Treating and Supporting Today’s Veterans
(4 CEUs)

Instructors: Amy Fairweather, JD, Megan Klein Zottarelli, MPA, and Dr. Stan Taubman, LCSW, PhD

This course highlights emerging trends and challenges in veteran populations, including the increased prevalence of PTSD.

Format: Mixed-media 1 — Read online content that incorporates case vignettes, reader exercises, and web-based video clips.

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Course Agenda

1. Instructions
1. Pretest Instructions
2. Pretest
1. Course Overview
1. Print Posttest Study Guide
2. The Reason Communities Need to Be Involved
3. The Impact of Multiple Deployments on Military Personnel
4. The Impact of Multiple Deployments on Family Members
5. Required Video: Veterans’ Voices on Transitioning from Service (3:30 minutes)
6. Optional Reading: What Happens When a Nation Goes to War, and a Small Few Bear the Costs?
1. Common Military Terms
2. Military Branches and Categories of Service
3. The Changing Role of the National Guard and Reserve Forces
4. The Changing Role of Women in the Military
5. Veteran Statistics for the United States and California
1. The Veterans Health Administration
2. The Veterans Benefits Administration
3. The National Cemetery Administration
4. Vet Centers
1. Eligibility Requirements for VA Benefits
1. Veteran Use of VA Mental Health Services
2. Optional Video: The Soldier’s Heart (60 minutes)
1. VA Standards for PTSD Claims
2. Required Video Series: Four Veterans Living with PTSD Reveal the Disorder’s Many Faces (6 minutes)
3. Optional Resource: VA National Center for PTSD
1. About Traumatic Brain Injury
2. Optional Video: TBI VA Claims and Ratings—Traumatic Brain Injury (18:18 minutes)
3. Optional Resources: VA Research on Traumatic Brain Injury
1. Increased Risk of Substance Use Disorder
2. Increased Risk of Suicide
3. Military Sexual Trauma
4. Optional Film: The Invisible War
1. Increased Risk of Incarceration
2. Increased Risk of Domestic Violence
3. Increased Risk of Homelessness
4. Optional Resource: Street Vets—PBS Homeless Veteran Documentary
1. Increased Risk of Unemployment or Underemployment
2. Educational Challenges
1. Type of Discharge Status
2. Required Video: The Stigma That Stops Veterans from Getting Help for PTSD (9 minutes)
3. Lack of Legal Assistance
4. Exclusion of Veterans’ Families
5. Hesitancy to Self-Identify as a Veteran
6. Barriers Impacting Women Veterans
7. Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Veterans
1. Vignette Questions
2. Vignette Discussion
1. Vignette Questions
2. Vignette Discussion
1. Vignette Questions
2. Vignette Discussion
1. Take a Strengths-Oriented Approach
2. Use Proven Screening Tools
3. Understand the Impact of Military Culture
4. Use Available Resources
1. Additional Resources
1. Posttest
1. Evaluation

About this course

$36.00
58 lessons

Course Details

Course Description

The staggering rates of suicide, homelessness, military sexual trauma, and mental health problems among recent veterans make it critical for behavioral health practitioners and service providers to stay abreast of these emerging issues. This introductory course is designed to provide practitioners with a working knowledge of common experiences and challenges faced by service members and veterans serving in or returning from the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts, along with resources available through the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The course also highlights emerging trends and challenges in veteran populations, including the increased prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, and military sexual trauma. Some of the other topics explored in this course include veterans’ increased risk of substance abuse, suicide, incarceration, domestic violence, homelessness, and unemployment or underemployment.

Target Audience

This course is designed for behavioral health professionals and others who provide (or will provide) services directly or indirectly to veterans returning from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

This course can be used toward the requirement of 15 hours of California Cultures coursework for out-of-state applicants. Click here to view.

Learning Objectives

Upon completing this course, readers will be able to do the following:

Identify the demographics and emerging trends for military personnel who serve or have served in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
Identify the increased risks for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury (TBI), military sexual trauma (MST), substance abuse, suicide, homelessness, unemployment/underemployment, incarceration, and domestic violence among Iraq- and Afghanistan-era veterans.
Identify factors associated with military service that can impair veterans’ adjustment to civilian life.
Identify the common barriers facing military personnel and veterans in seeking assistance.
Identify unique challenges faced by women serving in the military and as veterans.
Identify unique considerations for practitioners working with veterans.

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